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Ed Gamble
Owner ♦ Funeral Director
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Ed is the owner of Gamble Funeral Service. He is an active member of White Bluff United Methodist Church where he serves as Vice Chair of the Finance Committee. Ed is a member of the Executives Association of Savannah and Port City Lions Club. He is a graduate of the University of South Carolina and Gupton-Jones College of Mortuary Science. Ed earned the lifetime designation and maintains annual certification as a Certified Funeral Service Practitioner through the Academy of Professional Funeral Service Practice. He is a board certified funeral director and embalmer in Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina. Ed was General Manager of Sipple Mortuary for eight years prior to starting Gamble Funeral Service. He is a member, former President, and currently serves as Immediate Past President of the Georgia Funeral Directors Association. Ed has a daughter and son-in-law, Elizabeth and Sean Briley. Elizabeth and Sean have three children, two of whom they are currently in the process of adopting.
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Charlie Sipple
Consultant ♦ Funeral Director
Charlie is a native of Savannah. He graduated from Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia in 1953, after which he served in the United States Air Force. Upon returning to Savannah in 1955, he began working at the Sipple family’s funeral home. Charlie has been a board certified funeral director in Georgia for over 50 years, serving families throughout Savannah and the Coastal Empire.
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Travis Kessler
Manager ♦ Funeral Director
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Travis was born in Savannah and is a native of Effingham County and was a graduate of Gupton-Jones College of Funeral Service in Atlanta. He has been in funeral service for many years and is a board certified Funeral Director and Embalmer by the state of Georgia. Travis is a member of Bethesda United Methodist Church and the Georgia Salzburger Society. He enjoys fishing and working on his family farm.
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Bill Goolsby
Funeral Assistant
Bill was born in Freestone County, Texas, and was a graduate of Santa Paula High School in Santa Paula, California. He earned an Associates Degree in Fire Science from Southern Technical Institute in Marietta, Georgia. Bill served a tour of duty in the United States Air Force and retired as Assistant Chief in 1995 of the Savannah Fire Department after 35 years of service. He enjoys golf, fishing and camping. Bill has been with Gamble Funeral Service and Sipple Mortuary since 1995.
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Frank Hill
Funeral Assistant
Frank is a retired United States Air Force Master Sergeant. He is a member of Abundant Life Community Church in Pooler (a mission of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America) where he serves on the Leadership Council and is a member of the music team. Frank is a member and Past Master of Thunderbolt Lodge #693 A. & F.M. and a member of the Thunderbolt Museum Society. He is a member of the Bonaventure Historical Society where he serves as a board member for lot liaison. Frank was married to the former Mildred Teeple, who died in 2009. They had four children, Frank R. Hill IV and his wife, Elizabeth, John Stephen Hill and his wife, Beverly, Christopher Teeple Hill and his wife, Gwen, and Andrea Kirsten Barrow and her husband, William, and eight grandchildren, Frank R. Hill V, Elizabeth Grayson Hill, Corbin Jeffery Hill, Cameron Jacob Hill, Angela Corinne Hill, Christopher Teeple Hill, Jr., William V. Barrow III and John Stephen Barrow. Frank has been with Gamble Funeral Service and Sipple Mortuary since 1997.
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Bruce Nichols
Funeral Assistant
Bruce was born in Lorain, Ohio, and is a graduate of the United States Military Academy (West Point) and Michigan State University. He retired from the United States Army as a Lieutenant Colonel and later retired from Bank of America. Bruce is a member of St. Thomas Episcopal Church and is married to Judy Macolly. He is a past president and former member of Port City Lions Club. Bruce has been with Gamble Funeral Service and Sipple Mortuary since 1999.
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Phyllis Wertz
Office Assistant
Phyllis is a native of Virginia and was educated in Washington D.C. and Shenandoah County in Virginia. She is a graduate of James Madison University with a Bachelor of Science in Education. Phyllis taught school in Shenandoah County, Virginia, Hamblen County, Tennessee, and Savannah. She was married to the late Reverend L. Allan Wertz, Jr. for 45 years. (Allan, who died in 2001, was associated with Sipple Mortuary after his retirement from Faith Lutheran Church.) Phyllis is the mother of three daughters and the grandmother of three granddaughters.
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Dewain Smith
Funeral Assistant
Dewain joined Gamble Funeral Service in 2002.
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Frank Murray
Funeral Assistant
Frank is a native of Savannah and a graduate of Savannah High School. He attended South Georgia College, Norman Park College and Armstrong State University. Frank retired from the 117th Air National Guard after 36 years of service. During this time he served in many capacities, including First Sergeant, Command Chief Master Sergeant for the State of Georgia Air National Guard, active duty in Kuwait and Counter Drug Training at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center.
He was a part of the family buisness, Savannah Lumber and Supply Company for many years. Frank has served our commmunity in many ways, most notably sixteen years as the 4th District County Commissioner. He is now in his second term as Chairman of the Chatham County Republican Party. He is an active member of Wilmington Island United Methodist Church and currently a lay member to the South Georgia Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church.
Frank is married to Kathryn Getty Murray and has one son, Gray, and one granddaughter, Paige.
Frank has been with Gamble Funeral Service since 2005.
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Cecil Deal
Funeral Assistant
Cecil was born in Bulloch County and has lived in Savannah since 1954. He married the former Barbara Smith and they have one son and daughter-in-law, and two grandsons. Cecil graduated from Commercial High School in 1957 and retired from United Parcel Service after 31 years of service. He is a member of The Gideons International. Cecil has been an active member of Calvary in Savannah for more than 30 years. He has been with Gamble Funeral Service since 2005.
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Jim Wilson
Funeral Assistant
Jim is a Savannah native. He attended public school and later joined the United States Army during the Korean War. Jim went on to own and operate his grocery store for several years. In later years he worked for Roger Wood Foods and retired as sales manager. Jim is a member of St. Michael and All Angel Episcopal Church, where he has served on various committees and is currently the Senior Warden. The Mysterious Santa Clause, Interfaith Hospitality Network and Smart Senior are a few of the ministries in which he is involved. Jim has been married to his wife, Sue, for 48 years. The have two grown children, Sue and Keith.
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Bob Tully
Funeral Assistant
Bob and his wife, Karin, are both originally from California but met and married here in Savannah. Bob is an UCLA alumni and retired from law enforcement after 32 years of dedicated service. He is an active volunteer member of the Red Cross and as a team leader in Disaster Services has been deployed to assist in the aftermath of several national hurricanes, a number of local fires and other disasters. Bob is also politically involved by working in local polling precincts. He and Karin are both active in their respective churches. He joined Gamble Funeral Service in January, 2009. |
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Bill Kleinpeter
Funeral Assistant
Bill is a graduate of Savannah High School, the University of Georgia and the School of Banking of the South at Louisiana State University. Bill worked in the local banking industry for approximately thirty years, specializing in small buisness administration (SBA) lending. For the past ten years he has been a realtor in the Savannah area. Bill is an active member of First Baptist Church of Savannah, where he is a past member of the Deaconate. Bill is also a member of the Exchange Club of
Savannah and the Savannah Quarterback Club. Bill and his wife Kathy have three children and nine grandchildren. Bill joined Gamble Funeral Service in 2009.
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Steve Magliaro
Funeral Assistant
Steve joined Gamble Funeral Service in September, 2009.
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Bill Davis
Funeral Assistant
Bill was born in Oak Hill, West Virginia. He lived in West Virginia, Bay City Michigan, and Merritt Island, Florida prior to graduating from Fayetteville High School. He served six years in the United States Army, during which time he achieved the rank of Sergeant, and earned a degree in Civil Engineering.
Bill moved to Savannah in 1991. Prior to moving to Savannah in 1991, He lived in Beaumont, Texas.
Bill has worked in sales for most of his career, and was self- employed as a nation wide truck driver for nine years.
Bill is married. He and his wife have a blended family of one daughter and son-in-law, two sons, and two grandchildren.
He is an active member of Kirk O’ the Isles Presbyterian Church in Savannah, and also attends New Covenant Presbyterian Church in Richmond Hill.
Bill joined Gamble Funeral Service in 2009.
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